Oswald Chambers Quotes
We lean to our own understanding, or we bank on service and do away with prayer, and consequently by succeeding in the external we fail in the eternal, because in the eternal we succeed only by prevailing prayer.
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Beating Pakistan is always special because they are a tough team and we have a bit of a history regarding Pakistan.
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I'm not just a model who plays volleyball, or a volleyball player who supports herself modeling. I'm a female athlete personality.
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Where I am, I don't know, I'll never know, in the silence you don't know, you must go on, I can't go on, I'll go on.
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I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.
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You know, people always ask, 'What are you like offstage?' And I always say, 'Well, I'm completely normal and mellow.'
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The concept of monogamy is an inheritance of a medieval time, when family would carry the tradition of the name and certain privileges. It's a way of organizing society, perhaps.
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My biggest thing has always been privacy. With an interview such as this where the questions are about me, I struggle to express myself. I have an immediate answer in my head of what I'd say, but sometimes I feel that it would be too honest. So these wheels of censorship start going around my head.
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I work in my attic, and the view is next door's chimney stack.
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As an actress, vanity is your enemy. If you're thinking about how you look, you're not going to give a good performance. Once I realized, 'Hmm, I guess I'm not that vain,' it's like something I wanted to protect. I can't imagine anyone could give the full dynamic performance they're capable of and still be vain.
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I just want to show the fans my big smile and play the game that I love.
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The experience of being an Olympian is one that can never be taken away from you.
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Basically, what it comes down to is I love what I do. I don't do it for fame. I don't do it for money. I just love it.
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I have a lot of admiration for people who've been in relationships a long time, married for years.
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I did 75 films. I didn't take a break; I didn't spend my money. I have my savings, so when you're not working for money anymore, then you should find things that are meaningful and not just be like, 'OK, that's another day gone.'
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You not only have to know your own instrument, you must know the others and how to back them up at all times. That's jazz.
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One problem with age is that patience begins to ebb.
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I can't help but have my sights set on Scorsese, Cohen Brothers and Spike Jones.
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India I have visited a great many times, though there is a lot about it I will never understand.
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When I was asked to be a part of 'The Face,' I was like, 'This is exactly what I do without cameras.' I didn't find it any different than what I usually do for young girls - giving runway tips or just explaining how the whole industry works - but now you have, like, 19 cameras on you, documenting you while you scratch your nose.
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I think authors can get into trouble viewing the subject matter as their turf.
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I'd like to think we have the best shot here, but I'm not going to say that.
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We lean to our own understanding, or we bank on service and do away with prayer, and consequently by succeeding in the external we fail in the eternal, because in the eternal we succeed only by prevailing prayer.
